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well you know lauren it's really interesting how the united nations general assembly sessions really always become a great reflection of what goes on throughout the world how countries are crocker waiting and not managing to cooperate with each other of course one of the might mean highlights this year is that the face of the arab world has really become completely different in the aftermath of all the uprisings that took place in the arab world one of the means show man that traditionally became sort of the clown of the of the spectacle gadhafi is not here this year he's not here being followed by his female bodyguards he's not here trying to build up tents at central park and he's certainly not here ripping up the u.n. charter which some are seeing sort of as an example of be careful what you wish for he was here attacking the international community and he's no longer here now the other you know interesting personality of course ahmadinejad who is traditionally attacked every time he steps foot in new york city there are already of course a billboard against him in times square bu
well you know lauren it's really interesting how the united nations general assembly sessions really always become a great reflection of what goes on throughout the world how countries are crocker waiting and not managing to cooperate with each other of course one of the might mean highlights this year is that the face of the arab world has really become completely different in the aftermath of all the uprisings that took place in the arab world one of the means show man that traditionally...
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we begin today with our coverage of the sixty sixth united nations general assembly now this morning we heard from president obama of the u.s. of course who in the midst of u.s. wars in afghanistan and iraq but more specific to obama the nato combat mission in libya that he greenlighted for the u.s. well he talked a lot about peace the pursuit of peace peace is more than just the absence of war a lasting peace. he says heart people can live in sustained freedom. and security even as we proclaim our love for peace and our hatred of war. he says hard this is hard yes it certainly does seem so president obama and also when talking about conflicts in the arab world he urged sanctions for syria while he took a much more cautious approach you could say to u.s. allies yemen and bahrain and also as a bid for a vote on palestinian statehood builds up at the u.n. obama said it's not the bodies role to get involved in this wall tens of thousands of palestinians seem to disagree and rallied for this in palestine also one hundred twenty of the un's one hundred ninety three members already recogni
we begin today with our coverage of the sixty sixth united nations general assembly now this morning we heard from president obama of the u.s. of course who in the midst of u.s. wars in afghanistan and iraq but more specific to obama the nato combat mission in libya that he greenlighted for the u.s. well he talked a lot about peace the pursuit of peace peace is more than just the absence of war a lasting peace. he says heart people can live in sustained freedom. and security even as we proclaim...
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general assembly of the many american politicians and some protestors outside the united nations are opposed to with us but in john even being there in the first place christine for zone now explores why iran is considered public enemy number one to some. just about everywhere you look at iran continues to develop nuclear weapons someone whether politician or pundit are controlled by a fanatical regime is beating the drums of war how close are we to the point of no return well i think we may be past the point of no return in the sense that iran does have inside the country everything it needs to produce a nuclear weapon that point of no return often exaggerated according to journalist seymour hersh who's in-depth articles recently this one in the new yorker illustrated time and time again the lack of evidence of a nuclear threat from iran the rhetoric though has resulted in widespread support for harsh actions against a country we support a station's program that's the sign to stop the punishment is. aimed at stopping the arrhenius from doing something we know we know they're not doi
general assembly of the many american politicians and some protestors outside the united nations are opposed to with us but in john even being there in the first place christine for zone now explores why iran is considered public enemy number one to some. just about everywhere you look at iran continues to develop nuclear weapons someone whether politician or pundit are controlled by a fanatical regime is beating the drums of war how close are we to the point of no return well i think we may be...
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the sixty six general assembly of the united nations isn't full swing a lot of issues are on the table of course but the key one with planning to raise the question of becoming an independent state being recognized by the united nations on a friday and there is definitely a lot of uncertainty when it comes to this issue since. the u.s. president barack obama said that he wants to see an independent palestine and so who is really authorities by actually met with both the is really leadership and palestinian authorities as well and it seems that the u.s. and israel are on the same page when it comes to seeing an independent palestine in the future of what they say that this can only be done through dialogue through negotiations specifically between palestine and israel while it is planning to take this issue to the united nations and president obama said that the u.s. is not a place where this independent palestinian state could be born and so the u.s. has been threatening that it would veto such a resolution or recognizing that as an independent country meanwhile russia has been persuad
the sixty six general assembly of the united nations isn't full swing a lot of issues are on the table of course but the key one with planning to raise the question of becoming an independent state being recognized by the united nations on a friday and there is definitely a lot of uncertainty when it comes to this issue since. the u.s. president barack obama said that he wants to see an independent palestine and so who is really authorities by actually met with both the is really leadership and...
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nations security council that's involving people that with the general assembly of course that would have been more widely that the security council is so much more important and they were all fifteen members of the security council at least not in that he states have shown overwhelming support among them was the old china russia south africa india one of their own supporters palestinian but now they just seem to be in some kind of compromise on the cards because while we understand that abbas will still be physician this puts to morrow he has agreed to some kind of delay in terms of when the folks will happen and palestinians here in ramallah saying that they are very disappointed by this it would not want to see any kind of today's debate such as united nations diplomats of missing could see them reviewing this whole process for another few months we're not there yet until a decision is made to also take on the french president nicolas sarkozy. he has said that the united nations should fix it palestine as a monitor member observer not president obama has been quiet about this but
nations security council that's involving people that with the general assembly of course that would have been more widely that the security council is so much more important and they were all fifteen members of the security council at least not in that he states have shown overwhelming support among them was the old china russia south africa india one of their own supporters palestinian but now they just seem to be in some kind of compromise on the cards because while we understand that abbas...
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nations security council but you want to keep that with a general assembly of course that would be more likely that the security council is so much more important and there are fifteen members of the security council at least not in that least eighty percent overwhelming support among them the result of china russia south africa india one of them so in support of this harvesting and but now they don't seem to be in some kind of compromise on the cards because while we understand that abbas will still be physically in this for tomorrow he has agreed to some kind of delay in terms of womenfolk will happen some kind of stimulus here in ramallah saying that they're very disappointed by this it would not want to see any kind of surveys as a basis such as united nations diplomats of missing could see them reviewing this whole process for another few months we're not there yet and so the decision is made wasn't on the french president nicolas sarkozy. he has stated that the united nations should give him this time as a member of zero that president obama has been finds about this that as you m
nations security council but you want to keep that with a general assembly of course that would be more likely that the security council is so much more important and there are fifteen members of the security council at least not in that least eighty percent overwhelming support among them the result of china russia south africa india one of them so in support of this harvesting and but now they don't seem to be in some kind of compromise on the cards because while we understand that abbas will...
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part of the united nations but it would be a non observer status so it would be as observer status nonmember observer status so that is what we are hearing right now everyone in terms of officials and heads of state having made comments so far but speaking of the general assembly there are more speeches to calm throughout the day iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad will be addressing the international body as will the british prime minister david cameron earlier in the day dozens of countries got together for a global terror counter-terrorism forum this is the first type of gathering on such an international landscape where countries are coming together to identify the urgent needs to combat terrorism around the world russia the united states members of the european union and several other countries. i timed it and there was an attendance all spoke for four minutes russian foreign minister sergey lavrov said that ten years post nine eleven terrorists and still remains a significant international retracts in the global community must work together to combat a common enemy he said the world
part of the united nations but it would be a non observer status so it would be as observer status nonmember observer status so that is what we are hearing right now everyone in terms of officials and heads of state having made comments so far but speaking of the general assembly there are more speeches to calm throughout the day iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad will be addressing the international body as will the british prime minister david cameron earlier in the day dozens of countries...
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general assembly this is live video of that address right now when you can as he's getting some of his remarks have prompted members of the various countries represented at the united nations to get up and leave the auditorium because they disagree with the content of his speech we'll have more on that as it happens and the fallout and effects from what he says. as we get them here on r t so stay with us. meanwhile the world body is moving ahead with more developments to come from the palestinian bid or he's marina portnoy has the latest from new york well it's been relatively quiet so far in terms of official statements regarding the palestinian bid for statehood harker earlier in the day dozens of countries got together for a global counterterrorism forum the russia the united states members of the european union and several other countries russian foreign minister sergey lavrov said that ten years post nine eleven terrorists and still remains the international retracts in the global community working together to combat a common enemy he said the world should stay particular attentio
general assembly this is live video of that address right now when you can as he's getting some of his remarks have prompted members of the various countries represented at the united nations to get up and leave the auditorium because they disagree with the content of his speech we'll have more on that as it happens and the fallout and effects from what he says. as we get them here on r t so stay with us. meanwhile the world body is moving ahead with more developments to come from the...
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this week we saw a lot of action of the united nations as world leaders came to new york for the general assembly as usual when speeches were given for international consumption weird a lot of platitudes being given we heard a lot of talk from president obama about democracy human rights freedom around the world and he specifically refer to the arab spring to the u.s. the support of the people struggle in egypt and in tunisia even if that support was retroactive he said that after forty two years of moammar gadhafi is rule after only six months of battle libya's three forget about the fact that there is still a civil war that's going on there but all in all his speech sounded much like what we heard when the war in libya has begun we are given the u.s. could not stand idly by and that's why we have to act now of course we've been pointing out for months that logic doesn't necessarily fit when you launch a war in libya and then sit idly by while civilians are killed by their own governments in syria yemen and bahrain only recently we saw the stance on syria change around economic sanction
this week we saw a lot of action of the united nations as world leaders came to new york for the general assembly as usual when speeches were given for international consumption weird a lot of platitudes being given we heard a lot of talk from president obama about democracy human rights freedom around the world and he specifically refer to the arab spring to the u.s. the support of the people struggle in egypt and in tunisia even if that support was retroactive he said that after forty two...